December battles

This month has been hard.  It's a busy time for us usually, but this year I came down with pneumonia and was knocked out of commission for going-on-three-weeks.  That meant I couldn't do my usual Christmas roll-out. 
No baking.
No crafting.
No Christmas cards.
No shopping.
No donations or volunteering.

We still had a Christmas.  Kent stepped up and did the shopping and cooking.  Some very generous friends brought by trays of baking.  My mom helped with the kids and driving around and cooking.  The day before Christmas Eve I bundled up and went shopping with Kent for gifts for the kiddos.  And all the extras and usuals we just skipped (and the world didn't end).

So in the end it was a lovely, simple, holiday.  I hope our friends and neighbours forgive us for ignoring the usual exchanges, and I hope to be healthy and able to do it all next year!

Elf on the Shelf 2013

Trapped the kiddos in their rooms with crepe paper

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Fished in the sink for goldfish crackers

Marshmallow hot tub party

Marshmallow snowman

Shaving in the mirror

Cutting paper chains

Hammock in Daddy's underwear

Made and hung his own stocking

Caught in the claw of Kai's play set

Swinging from the ceiling

Brought some candy cane seeds

They worked!

Wrote on the eggs

Brought his own snow in a can

Painting a tiny canvas

Toilet papered the Christmas tree

Baked some tiny cookies

Rooted for our team!

Not pictured:
Was sick in bed,
Sipped syrup,
Brought marshmallow treats,
Was camping and roasted a marshmallow on a stick,
Wrapped some tiny presents and left them under a tiny tree.